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SUBMITTER: Vandenberg JI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5583740 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vandenberg Jamie I JI Perry Matthew D MD Hill Adam P AP
F1000Research 20170831
There have been tremendous advances in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease over the last 50 years. Nevertheless, it remains the number one cause of death. About half of heart-related deaths occur suddenly, and in about half of these cases the person was unaware that they had underlying heart disease. Genetic heart disease accounts for only approximately 2% of sudden cardiac deaths, but as it typically occurs in younger people it has been a particular focus of activity in our quest to no ...[more]